Decision Making

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Surrogate decision-making and related issues.

This article discusses the role of surrogate decision-makers for persons who are cognitively impaired and cannot give informed consent. Questions raised follow. Is surrogate consent in research analogous to proxy consent in health care? What are some ...
Cornelia Beck, Valorie Shue (Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord, 200304-06)
surrogate-decision-making-related-issues.asp

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Assisted suicide bordering on active euthanasia.

A 44-year-old woman was almost completely paralysed after a severe brainstem haemorrhage. Even after several years of efforts at rehabilitation, she remained completely dependent on the help of others. However, a special device enabled her to administer ...
G Bosshard, D Jermini, D Eisenhart, W Bär (Int J Legal Med, 200304)
assisted-suicide-bordering-active-euthanasia.asp

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Shared decision making: developing the OPTION scale for measuring patient involvement.

BACKGROUND: A systematic review has shown that no measures of the extent to which healthcare professionals involve patients in decisions within clinical consultations exist, despite the increasing interest in the benefits or otherwise of patient ...
G Elwyn, A Edwards, M Wensing, K Hood, C Atwell, R Grol (Qual Saf Health Care, 200304)
shared-decision-making-developing-option-scale-measuring-patient.asp

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A large university medical center delivery system for therapeutic apheresis services.

The clinical applications of therapeutic apheresis (TA) encompass a broad spectrum. Diversity exists not only in the age and acuity of patients treated, but also in the range of therapeutic approaches and technology. Particularly over the past decade, ...
Nicholas Bandarenko, Helen Jones (Transfus Apheresis Sci, 200304)
large-university-medical-center-delivery-system-therapeutic-apheresis.asp

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A participatory approach to ecosystem conservation: fuzzy cognitive maps and stakeholder group analysis in Uluabat Lake, Turkey.

Fuzzy cognitive mapping was used to develop a participatory ecosystem management plan for Uluabat Lake, Turkey. Interviews were conducted with stakeholders belonging to six different groups. Lake pollution was the most central and most mentioned variable ...
Uygar Ozesmi, Stacy Ozesmi (Environ Manage, 200304)
participatory-approach-ecosystem-conservation-fuzzy-cognitive-maps.asp

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Toward policies and decision-making for dam removal.

Dam removal has emerged as a critical issue in environmental management. Agencies responsible for dams face a drastic increase in the number of potential dam removals in the near future. Given limited resources, these agencies need to develop ways to ...
Martin W Doyle, Jon M Harbor, Emily H Stanley (Environ Manage, 200304)
toward-policies-decision-making-dam-removal.asp

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Clinical decision making Part I: errors of commission and omission.

Clinical decision making refers to any act of diagnosis that leads to a decision regarding prognosis, treatment, referral or counseling. It has long been recognized that diagnostic probabilities influence perceptions and judgements in medical practice. ...
F White, D Nanan (J Pak Med Assoc, 200304)
clinical-decision-making-part-errors-commission-omission.asp

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What do patients value in their hospital care? An empirical perspective on autonomy centred bioethics.

OBJECTIVE: Contemporary ethical accounts of the patient-provider relationship emphasise respect for patient autonomy and shared decision making. We sought to examine the relative influence of involvement in decisions, confidence and trust in providers, ...
S Joffe, M Manocchia, J C Weeks, P D Cleary (J Med Ethics, 200304)
patients-value-hospital-care-empirical-perspective-autonomy-centred.asp

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Choice of organic foods is related to perceived consequences for human health and to environmentally friendly behaviour.

We designed a questionnaire concerned with attitudes and behaviour towards organic foods, environmentally friendly behaviour (EFB), and perceived consequences of organic food choice in terms of human health, the environment and animal welfare. It was ...
Maria K Magnusson, Anne Arvola, Ulla Kaisa Koivisto Hursti, Lars Aberg, Per-Olow Sjödén (Appetite, 200304)
choice-organic-foods-related-perceived-consequences-human-health.asp

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Use of the think-aloud method to identify factors influencing purchase of bread and cereals by low-income African American women and implications for whole-grain education.

The think-aloud method was used to determine factors influencing bread and cereal purchase by low-income African American women that have implications for whole-grain education. Women (N=70) were audiotaped as they thought aloud while purchasing ...
Kellie Chase, Marla Reicks, Chery Smith, Helen Henry, Kathy Reimer (J Am Diet Assoc, 200304)
think-aloud-method-identify-factors-influencing-purchase-bread.asp